Side Mount Float Pods / Hunt Deck... Big WIN or Epic FAIL?

Project Pocket Rocket Episode 2:
Side Mount Float Pods / Hunt Deck... Big WIN or Epic FAIL?
In this video we are adding some stability and floatation to our 10ft Tracker Topper project Pocket Rocket. Nates Custom Boats and Accessories we nice enough to bring us to Illinois and custom fabricate a giant hunt deck and side mount float pods for this boat. Follow along as we show you how Nate and the good folks at Nates Custom Boats built these side mount float pods and hunt deck, and Send It Jon Boats give them a speed test on the water! As always don't forget to stick around to the end of the video for the haters corner and lot's of funny bloopers!
Big Thanks to Anthony Jones for helping out with the filming of this video and inspiring me with his super duper side mount float pods. Check out his awesome jon boat builds on KZbin here: / @anthonyjonesbrigadeboats
And huge thank you to Nate Eckhold and the team at Nates Custom Boats and Accessories for their support and helping get project pocket rocket going! Check out Nates super cool aluminum builds here: / @tbnationoutdoors-nate...
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[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

What a wild project. I was wondering what to do with my jon boat... and now I still don't know lol

[@SendItJonBoats]

The insanity has only just begun my friend. Back to the drawing board before we go full send again

[@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644]

If I had to have that on my boat to go on the water, I'd sell it and take up golfing. 😩 Ugh!

[@SendItJonBoats]

I don't have to have it, I just like doing stuff to see if it works.

[@beginningtosee7457]

Well I like your adventurous spirit but what you really need is a bigger boat- take it from this older man in Alabama that has taken more than one unintended dip- the bigger the better.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Oh I agree. I needed a bigger boat from the get go.... but this is what the sponsor gave us to work with so we are going to have a little fun with it and see what happens.

[@beginningtosee7457]

Love your show- I get it

[@SendItJonBoats]

@@beginningtosee7457 Thank you.

[@bob2161]

That was fun to watch. I'm wondering if those side pods would work if you raked them upwards in the front. Also, have you done a video on that grab bar? (Installation etc.) I had never heard of Haterade, but it's my new favorite. I have a hemorrhoid named Scooter . . .

[@SendItJonBoats]

Hateraide is awesome. For the grab bar I just ripped a handle off a hand truck and bolted it in real quick so I had something to hold onto.

[@lildaddymc.1502]

It's probably a stupid question I'm just wandering if you would put a long shaft outboard on a flat bottom with the side pods on would you experience the same issue taking on water I know you would have to do more modification and I do apologize for asking a question on something you built a year ago I have a 14 flat bottom I'm thinking about making it wider and putting float pods on

[@SendItJonBoats]

I have no clue on the outboard, I do not know much about outboards at all.

[@art4lumley]

Pods where to far back. Move them forward even with the center of the boat, and add ccf foam inside them. Updated my comment 09:10 am MTS Wed. 10/22/21

[@SendItJonBoats]

Yup, we are still working on modifying them slowly but surely.

[@GAFINN2011NJ]

WOW!!! That was a HUGE investment in time and $. Let me know if you're still interested in stability floats?

[@SendItJonBoats]

Yup, but we are still working on it to see if we can make it work.

[@bigwildbill2421]

Try cutting them even with back deck them 45 then first before cutting them completely off

[@SendItJonBoats]

10-4, going to try a few things before I give up on them. I think I can make them work.

[@charlesd.7433]

Oh man… Pekin Illinois, there old mascot! Lol look it up if you don’t know

[@SendItJonBoats]

😂😂😂

[@markela1313]

What about the foam, if adding foam will make a difference. U know the marine floating foam adding inside of the aluminum add ons. I think it will work like a champ.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Putting foam does not make the boat float any better, it just helps the boat stay afloat if it takes on water.

[@dumpsterfire6351]

Epic fail ALL AROUND To much weight damn ding dong

[@SendItJonBoats]

I haven't been called a ding dong since elementary school LMAO! Luckily I am the only ding dong on KZbin stupid enough to try wild ideas and post up an epic fail so other ding dongs don't have to wonder what would happen if they tried something stupid like I did.

[@growlith6969]

Meh. If it were me (and it ain't, but anyway) I would weld on a nice thick tab to the back of what you already have and hang an outboard on it. Start over on another jon with that mud motor.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Yeah I would have done a lot of things different, but we got to experiment and see if any of my crazy ideas work. Never would have know if I didnt try.

[@pillaryclinton6187]

That thing looks sketchy as hell. You are way too big for that boat, or that boat is wayyy too small. no way Id want to be in that near rough water, or in the winter. Id defnitely be wearing a life jacket too. F that

[@SendItJonBoats]

It is super sketchy. I am also way too big and that boat is way too small for me. But some body has to be that crazy guy on KZbin... might as well be me.

[@Foust74]

hey man love your videos they have given me some ideas for my Jon Boat I have a 10 footer would you have any suggestion to set it up for catfishing and maybe add on float pods to it.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Get a bigger boat for catfishing, these 10 footers are so unstable.

[@561arcadia]

It made the boat look like Star Trek

[@SendItJonBoats]

LMAO, it does kind of look like something from star wars.

[@jasonlenihan9854]

Just subscribed, great channel Jason from Snohomish.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Awesome! Thanks for the sub. I have no clue where Snohomish is. I guess I need to buy a globe.

[@mike-rp3pb]

Geaux Tigers

[@SendItJonBoats]

Hell yeah GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!! SHA

[@robertatmopawiro3847]

Another great presentation, learned a lot, having fun and laughing a lot watching it all the way through. best antidepressant ever(for me anyways). Thanks a lot, can't wait for the next one.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thanks Robert. I learned a lot too from this build, and we have some more experimenting to do. I am really curious to see how this one is going to progress.

[@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644]

My dog Scooter objects to you using his name in referencing trash talkers. Ha ha

[@SendItJonBoats]

Tell your dog that he can be Super Scooter, and the haters can be just regular scooter.... that way we will know the difference.

[@JJJOOSSHHH]

I wonder if you made the bottom of the side float pods less edge and a bit more curved if it would get you on plain better.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Possible... only one way to find out.

[@eiii5843]

Side floats halfway up and two feet off the rear with no back pod. Would that have been better?

[@SendItJonBoats]

No clue what the best thing to do is, we are still experimenting.

[@jasonlenihan9854]

Great video and awesome breakdown of the boat an pod set up. Keep building and keep experimenting, keep up great work. Love videos like this ,

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thanks Jason, got many more experimental videos on the way.

[@thomaswilson9792]

Found your channel yesterday while surfin looking for Fiberglas vids Was happy to find a local to support Love the channel

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thanks Thomas, glad to have you and appreciate you watching the videos. Many more fun and insane projects coming up soon!

[@DustinApple]

im baffled at the amount of time, money, miles, sweat & filler rod wasted in this video. SMH .... if you wanted a 1236 trade the 1036 off. if you wanted a 1254 cut that SOB in 1/2 and add 18" in the middle. its even easier to build. just know that those tiny hulls are only like .080 thick at best and will open up like a tuna can if you hit anything solid. good luck.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Not a waste when we are testing things out to see what works. Never know until you try.

[@SLJ-0331]

Before you cut them off run them full length up the sides. Any who bad ass

[@SendItJonBoats]

I hacked the back part off where they extended past the hunt deck. We got to give that a try first, then I am going to make them extend more towards the front of the boat and see what happens.

[@jrevan]

Try a Mercury 25 jet with a little more welding.

[@SendItJonBoats]

25 is too small... how about you buy me a 90 and I will slap it on there.

[@michaellowe3665]

Why weld it to the boat? Why not make it a sealed unit and bolt it on to the transom like you would an outboard?

[@SendItJonBoats]

No clue... thats what the builders at Nates Custom Boats suggested so we did it and now we are testing to see what happens.

[@seanwatson7424]

that’s crazy. pekin is 5 minutes from me.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Nate is good people, I get all my boat stuff from him.

[@bidkid2020]

Do you think it would have worked better with a longer Jon Boat

[@SendItJonBoats]

Could have, but we are going to keep playing with them and see if I can get them to work.

[@troymerrell5790]

This is silly buy a bigger boat .... just my opinion

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thats the whole point is to see how far and fast we can push a tiny 10 ft boat.... Just doing experiments thats what we do here! I got bigger boats, but we want to push this one into uncharted territory!

[@CodZer-qj9ve]

If your wanting to make it more stable why not put a collar on the boat?

[@SendItJonBoats]

Someone from Austrailia just recently told me about the boat collar things, I am looking into them now!

[@bowhunter4893]

Try taking the front of the side pods and carve them upwards like the front of boat not to the side. It will create another planning surface and keep the water going down and under the side pods and yes cut the tails off.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Already cut the tails off, ran it and it helped a lot. Going to do exactly like you and others have suggested and run them further forward and under cut so they force water under the boat.

[@garryeadon9962]

Thanks for the mistakes so we don't have to. merica@

[@SendItJonBoats]

Glad I could provide some education... don't do what Send It Jon Boats did, lol!

[@coreywoods1925]

add the side mount float pods front of the boat not the rear

[@SendItJonBoats]

Working on it, going to make some mods and see if we can get this to work.

[@archiehendricks6093]

Actually you are doing, but scooter is

[@SendItJonBoats]

Awesome.

[@archiehendricks6093]

Actually you are doing, but scooter is

[@SendItJonBoats]

Super

[@georgewashington938]

what about trying some short outriggers?

[@SendItJonBoats]

Might be an option in the future, we are still messing around with these

[@onesecureone]

Can i be a scooter if i keep asking if that beard is real

[@SendItJonBoats]

LMAO....It's really real! LOL

[@SledgeHammer43]

Your side mount pods need to go further forward to infront of the planing area of the boat. This will prevent the overspray into the boat.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Lesson learned the hard way. I will be modifying them again soon.

[@zachhawes4937]

Why didn’t you just build your own boat?

[@SendItJonBoats]

Because I got this one free and I am mildly retarded.

[@FarmerFpv]

What you need is drop-down side pods on actuators. Drop them down when you are fishing and trolling and pull them back up when you're conning the boat at high speed.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thats a dang good idea!

[@daoutdoors7992]

Love the send it Jon boat shirt where can we get one

[@SendItJonBoats]

Working on getting merch store set up. I will do a video once it is up.

[@nickbarrickman8005]

Can’t wait to see vid with that 670 on the little boat without side pods! Please keep this channel rolling it my favorite

[@SendItJonBoats]

The fun and insanity has only just begun my friend.... much more in store. I think we are going tweak the pods just a little and see what happens before we cut them off for good.

[@beorbeorian150]

Add boat collar for stability

[@SendItJonBoats]

Yeah I am looking into those now.

[@tedcraig6116]

Being from Illinois, you can keep your man card. We just want the taxes you owe us from breathing our air. Send payment to Springfield Illinois. Also note Southern Illinois is basically it’s own state, so don’t confuse “pop” for the real term, used in So I’ll, “soda”.

[@SendItJonBoats]

At least yall have a name for soda.... down here everything is a coke. Someone says grab me a coke, gotta ask which kind... sprite, dr pepper, orange fanta lol.

[@Okie_Hunter]

Hey man how reliable are those Predator motors compared to Honda?

[@SendItJonBoats]

I have been running them for a few years and never had any real issues with them. Big thing to remember is to run the carb out of gas every time you use it or else they will gum up like crazy. Change the oil regularly and they seem to work great.

[@Okie_Hunter]

@@SendItJonBoats Awesome thanks man!

[@dennislanning8076]

Fun idea but a crack heads dream

[@SendItJonBoats]

HA HA crack heads are allowed to have dreams too! lol

[@dwelch4321]

Side mounts: try making them the same height as the sides all together and taper them back towards the front. I’ve got pods on my 14’ Jon boat and it’s great. I really want to beef up more side to side. Had some ideas off jet ski and seadoo.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Good idea, I got one more thing I am going to try next week and see if it works... if not I am cutting the side pods off because we have already wasted so much time with them, I need to get this boat rolling!

[@georgepitts7024]

Agree with an angled bottom tapering upward on the bottom of the side pods. Thinking of giving the water a path to get past the boat without a sudden squared off hard edge. It is harder to fab, but fluid dynamics are important.

[@joehoskins9831]

Sweet build. What blade was being used on the skillsaw to cut the aluminum sheet

[@SendItJonBoats]

Regular ol wood cutting blade. Nothing special.

[@robcarter2891]

You need a little bigger boat.

[@SendItJonBoats]

nah... send it!!!!

[@Rnm1hart]

After watching your video. I saw you had the right idea. Instead of side pontoons being an extension of the boat's rear sponson. Try moving the side pontoons, you made up to the mid of the boat. Then stretch the height up to match the Gunwhale. Then straight down to match the bottom natural angle or waterline. Whichever you prefer. You will find you don't need more than 2 feet long to greatly increase the stability. if you put an angled draft in the front of each pontoon to meet the boat. You will find there will be a lot less haul drag. Plus the location makes a great place to add a fishing pole side rack holder.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Great ideas, thanks for sharing. We will get back to work on these at some point soon.

[@269adventures]

The deck would work good, but it needs to be filled with foam. The floats on the side is a no go chief. Oh, scooter really got ya mangina worked up lol 😆🤣😂

[@SendItJonBoats]

Don't be hatin on my mangina! Your just jealous my mangina is prettier than yours! LOL No foam inside the pods or deck, foam is only for if you take on water and get swamped. The foam keeps the boat from sinking, it does not add additional floatation.

[@johnhenry4679]

Maybe outriggers ??

[@SendItJonBoats]

Meh maybe, got a few more things to try out and see what happens. I am enjoying modding these any playing around with the design.

[@jhickox]

Tallapoosa River?

[@SendItJonBoats]

No, that was on the yellow river.

[@markanton2349]

I'm a welder fabricator in the Florida area that's been doing modifications to small boats for 40 plus years, the front of your pods are shaped improperly the front of the pods should match the shape of the front and the bottom of the Jon boat. Do not taper them outward, you're scooping water which slows the boat down and makes the rear of the boat dig in. By reshaping the front of the pods properly you're actually gaining planning surface in the boat should go actually faster. On your mud drive you need to put a horizontal plane on it just in front of the prop so that when the boat is moving along the horizontal plane will operate parallel to the surface and keep the prop buried in the water you may have to experiment with different sizes. The horizontal plane is not parallel to the shaft, the back edge of it should actually be tilted up so it's acting like a dive plane on a sub. Add a bendable trim tab to the skeg below the mud drive unit and bend it so that at full power it matches the torque that the engine is producing.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thanks for the info.

[@survivalgoldhunter]

So here's the deal! You need more weight in the front of pocket rocker..... Basically you need more flotation in the front.. that adds weight to keep the front in the water. Keeping the back higher. Added side floats the the front....

[@238haden]

lets see it with outriggers

[@SendItJonBoats]

No outriggers for me.

[@takingchances5429]

What’s the thickness of the aluminum for the hunt deck? I’m wanting to build something similar, but I’m not sure how thick it needs to be to not flex with a motor.

[@davidklock4328]

I enjoy your channel, and info, was thinking side pods before i saw this,glad i watched it.Wondering about putting the pods 1/2? At the plane sweet spot?

[@SendItJonBoats]

I am still in the testing and modifying phase so I can't really give a good recommendation right now. But stay tuned because we are going to keep messing with them and see if they will work. The design I have right now is not doing so well.

[@markjob7736]

Your side mount pods will work if you get rid of the sharp angle off the stern. If you could invert the angle the opposite way your motor won't try to jump out of the water. I wish I could send you a drawing. Send it!!

[@SendItJonBoats]

Been getting a lot of good feedback from every one, and that is good advice. I think we are going to try a few easy tweaks and see what happens before hacking them off for good.

[@jamesdorrill9933]

Ok I’m getting me a used 16 foot aluminum John boat needs a lot of work but it’s free what I’m going to do is make the boat wider deeper and jet drive with float pods. Hears my question is about how long do you think my float pods need to be

[@SendItJonBoats]

Get you some of those beavertail float pods I have on the 16 foot boat and slap them on there. They work great.

[@GaryThesnell]

The only way i think id be comfortable in that is if it were a 1048

[@draganarc0131]

Just found your channel. I like it!!!!! Likely too late but what about compounding the curve you have on the sides to the bottom as well. It may give some lift and no water in the boat. Maybe eliminate the rooster tails as well.

[@SendItJonBoats]

We are going to keep modifying them and see if we can get them to work. Already did one modification and going to see how that works.

[@tnhomestead]

The s is silent in Illinois!

[@SendItJonBoats]

Not if I say it out loud it ain't!

[@vuze6075]

Do yall think float pods from beavertail would work fine with a surface drive kit from mudskipper

[@greenpighunter6930]

Lot of power on a small boat. Your hunt deck alone should be plenty of flotation. Did you eliminate your drain plug?

[@SendItJonBoats]

We left the drain plus, just cut out a little boxed area around it in the pod so water could drain. I forgot to show that part in the video. We shall see if she floats, I hope so. I think we are going to try to modify the side pods first before I just cut them off.

[@johnhandley730]

Ive been trying to figure out how to do a jetski drivetrain in a jonboat without cutting holes in the boat and i think this would be the easiest way

[@SendItJonBoats]

meh it's just a jon boat, hack it up all you want, thats what makes them fun

[@beczkalo7]

Just a thought... What if you put the pods on the sides in the front of the boat, that way you get stability when sitting still or trolling fishing and when you get going up on plane they would be out of the water not causing any negative effects.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Kind of like those drag raging boats? Hmm that is an idea

[@barryiwashita6352]

Want it stable ?…. All that welding and sheet aluminum u coulda widened the whole boat… lol

[@SendItJonBoats]

I know, but someone had to try it and see if it works.... no one else would do it so I did.

[@barryiwashita6352]

@@SendItJonBoats …I totally get what you’re doing and I know they sell those add on stuff….I live on an island and I’ve seen the craziest mods to dingy’s and larger boats …if you got the resources try out a RIB concept where at idle the flotation at rear would totally stabilize and at plane would bring the floatation out of the water for speed …best of both worlds !… and make it out of alum….( I don’t care for a ballon that can puncture )…engineered properly would be a game changer!!!

[@SendItJonBoats]

@@barryiwashita6352 Yup. We going mod them some more and see what I can get to work. Still got a few ideas before I give up on them.

[@barryiwashita6352]

@@SendItJonBoats great..I’ll keep watchin

[@nate4036]

Wonder how they’d act if the side pods were angled the opposite way, think intake on a F14. It would cause the water to be pushed down under the boat instead of digging in.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Hmmm... thats a idea. May have to try it out.

[@TJS-ec7mo]

Geaux Tigers!

[@SendItJonBoats]

Yee Yee Geaux Tigers!!! 2 more week til football season!

[@jpguidry6969]

I been wanting a little 10feetter to get in hard places also great video 👍👍

[@SendItJonBoats]

It is nice having a little boat to get into tight spots. Just so unstable to stand up in is my only complaint.

[@jpguidry6969]

@@SendItJonBoats I have always sat so if I hit something under water I don't fall out

[@nate4036]

Love to hear y’all go back and forth about e-motors vs mud motors😂😂😂

[@SendItJonBoats]

We fight like cusins!

[@nate4036]

@@SendItJonBoats y’all two are my favorite boat guys on here.

[@medicstew]

DaMN, Hater's corner is turning into my favorite part of the video. BTW, Stealing that unicorn line...

[@SendItJonBoats]

LoL yeah I figured the haters deserved at least a response from me before I delete their BS comments. But yes, unicorns always make great comebacks! Use it every chance you get.

[@OffGridOverLander]

🤣 I love your hator-aid corner bit! I think I’m going to have to do that on some of my videos...if I ever get to doing them again 😂 that would probably curb the comments if everyone did that 😂

[@SendItJonBoats]

LOL, you would think the haters corner would make the haters not want to comment, but it actualy brings them out of the wood work! Haters hate getting called out and not many KZbinrs are willing to talk smack about people these days because everyone is so sensitive and gets butt hurt over nothing. I am going to keep doing it because I love giving the haters a taste of their own medicine.

[@OffGridOverLander]

@@SendItJonBoats well, if nothing else else it’ll give me some entertaining way to deal with them 😂

[@stephenriojas7281]

Could you have filled the pods with foam? Possibly better floatation and higher ride.

[@SendItJonBoats]

That has been tried before, it does not give it any extra floatation. The foam will only help if the pods take on water to keep it floating in stead of sinking,

[@HuntfishtrapWhitefishriver]

Awesome show! Hey I hate to bug u, but can u send that email we talked about. Bout to put her in the river and push ur channel here n Michigan

[@SendItJonBoats]

I thought I did already. Give me your email again and I will check to make sure I did not fat finger it.

[@HuntfishtrapWhitefishriver]

@@SendItJonBoats [e-mail]

[@davidturner7040]

Hey man I think it would have worked with a longer boat maybe a 16 but that would be a lot of floatation

[@SendItJonBoats]

Would if I could... we came up with the idea for this 10 foot boat so we are sticking with it and making adjustments to see what will work.

[@jodymiller8404]

Do you have the info for tour welder i have some questions for him if i could get his info or you could ask him the questions i need.

[@johnhamilton9229]

Second video I’ve seen of yours and the popsicle sticks gave me an idea. Nice👊👍

[@SendItJonBoats]

Glad I could help. Pop sicle sticks worked better than expected.

[@martingranec3691]

The s is silent

[@SendItJonBoats]

LOL

[@waddell7354]

It doesn't take much to get the 420s near 22hp, dropping all that weight by keeping the 420 will offset no pods and would be insane in speed and fun

[@SendItJonBoats]

I ran over 22 with the 420. Will have a speed test video up on this boat soon. Still back to the drawing board before we go full send again.

[@hoovebeats6895]

full send lol

[@SendItJonBoats]

Always! Yee Yee. Send it!

[@milleroctober1996]

S is silent

[@SendItJonBoats]

😅

[@TheDtrolinder]

Send it !!!

[@SendItJonBoats]

YEE YEE send it!!!!

[@edstimator1]

Are you telling me that crackheads welding stuff together and sticking it on your boat DIDN'T work out? Amazing. I was thinking of something eerily similar to do to my boat, Hard pass on that now having watched this video. Thanks. You saved me a bunch of time and effort.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Sometimes I drink 11 redbulls at 3am and when I can smell the color 7 I come up with crazy ideas and we try them out, and of course post them on KZbin so you guys can laugh at my crazy ideas LOL

[@edstimator1]

@@SendItJonBoats Well like I said...I had the same idea so you're not alone. You just did it before I got around to it and I thank you for that.

[@kenmckay7106]

Illinoissss

[@SendItJonBoats]

they shouldn't have put the extra letters in there if they didn't want me to say it.

[@devanharris2691]

Bud just because there’s ah S at the end of Illinois doesn’t mean you use it, the S is silent lol

[@SendItJonBoats]

I want to use the S... the government gave me the S so I am going to use the free S. LOL

[@cecilfernando9724]

i had pontoons on my canoe with a 5 hp Briggs and Stratton outboard and i had some of the same problems and found if they were just at or above the water at speed i lost the drag\splash drawbacks and still had the same stability when standing and using the trolling motor so if it was mine i would move them up so they were flush with the deck

[@SendItJonBoats]

Good advice. We decided to make a few mods and test it out to see if it will work before I just cut them off completely.

[@johnvoght2543]

the side pod needs to reach far enough forward so they are in the water in other words make them longer

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thanks for the tip. We will see what happens with the most current mod and go from there.

[@TheEverLovingOutdoors]

Simply find the buoyancy force for the entire object (in other words, use its entire volume as Vs), then find the force of gravity pushing it down with the equation G = (mass of object)(9.81 meters/second2). If the force of buoyancy is greater than the force of gravity, the object will float.

[@SendItJonBoats]

I don't know what you just called me, but my head hurts... that is a lot of math. So your saying it will float? YEE YEE , lets send it!!!!!

[@thegiant573]

@@SendItJonBoats Maths is hard.

[@fabianbird6796]

Yee Yee!!

[@SendItJonBoats]

Hellz yeah YEE YEE!

[@rebelyell2741]

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[@SendItJonBoats]

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[@jb3569]

I run a predator 420, an Sps 85”shaft with an 8.5x8 prop on an alumacraft 1436 here in South Mississippi on the river. The haters either quit hatin’ when they try to follow me, or hate me even more. I’ve waved and eased on by plenty of stuck and broke $15-20k Alwelds while running 20 mph in 4 inches of water full of logs and stumps. Lol. Of course I went back to checked on ‘em and pulled several of them back to the boat ramp. I like my longtail. Ain’t a damn thing wrong with getting out in the shop with the boys and actually building an idea, trying it out, and improving on it. You only fail if you quit tryin’.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Yeah buddy, longtails are good machines. Sounds like you are giving yours a good workout! Heck yeah send it!

[@jb3569]

Yessir! I just found your channel from a post on Instagram. I like it!

[@SendItJonBoats]

@@jb3569 Awesome ! Glad to have you on the channel. Much more fun stuff to come!

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day great video mate

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thanks Murph!

[@ronaldharris6569]

Sometimes things don't work the side pods was interesting but the extension was a success.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thanks Ronald. I am not going to give up on them get. I think we have decided to modify them a little and give it one more try before cutting them off completely.

[@chuckdean260]

I'm a Jon boat guy as well. I love mine, it's a 1442 with a Yamaha 20 horse 4 stroke. I'm probably going to get a surface drive or long tail just for something different. Great video!

[@SendItJonBoats]

Surface drives and longtails are both a lot of fun. I want to build a surface drive from scratch one day for the channel.

[@wickedexilesgaming]

Love the idea, maybe just float pods instead of the big ash hunt deck? Also the side pods I think maybe a little longer twards the front, not to the back and taller might keep the whole wake issue go away

[@SendItJonBoats]

I made some mods already, haven't had a good chance to test them out yet, but I will be back at it shortly. I got a few more ideas to try before I give up on these all together., and on of them was exactly like you said.

[@moose7472]

The pods are great! The higher horse power/extra weight was the downside. But gotta love the inspiration to try.

[@SendItJonBoats]

Thanks Moose, we still got some tinkering to do, but I think we are going to be able to make them work.

[@moose7472]

@@SendItJonBoats you keep tinkering, I’ll keep watching! Not much water in Colorado, so I love this!

[@benhightowerv]

Man, I'm kinda disappointed those pods didn't work. Looked a lil crazy but kinda awesome at the same time. Maybe instead of cutting them off all the way you cut em flush with the box?

[@SendItJonBoats]

I would love to modify them but they are slowing the boat down too much and putting too much water in the boat. I contemplated maybe cutting them back at a steeper angle.... ughhh I don't know what to do yet. Im going to marinate on it and get back to it in a few weeks.

[@benhightowerv]

@@SendItJonBoats definitely something to contemplate. Would be awesome if you didn't have to ditch them completely. I'm debating pods or trim tabs for my 14'. That lounge tanning bench big ass box thing is pretty cool. Maybe I'll do that lol

[@SendItJonBoats]

@@benhightowerv The monster pod box diving deck is working well, I am going to try a few more things before I abandon the side pods all together.

[@benhightowerv]

@@SendItJonBoats can't wait to see what you come up with